Welcome Parents,
Students, and Family!
Auburn Mountainview High School
Open House
September 23, 2015
Education & Experiences
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Attended WSU in Pullman
B.A. in English with teacher
certification in 2005
Starting working for AMHS
in Sept. 2005
Masters of Science in
Curriculum, Instruction and
Assessment in 2009 from
Walden University
National Board Certification
earned in 2012
Fulbright Classroom Teacher
Exchange in London 20122013
A Little About Me
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Live in Tacoma
I’m engaged 
Small dog and a
huge dog
Love to travel
Enjoy making
crafty projects
My Teaching Schedule
Room 403
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1st Period: College Writing
2nd Period: College Writing
5th Period: Societies of the
Future
6th Period: Humanities
College Writing Curriculum
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Career and College Search projects
Senior project/presentation
Expository Writing
College Essays
Research, summarizing, synthesizing
Style and sentence structure
Grammar and punctuation
Editing and revision
Societies of the Future Curriculum
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Introduction to science fiction genre
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Gov’t sponsored restructure of society
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Short stories and clips from “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” film
Cataclysmic Climate Change
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Short stories, “Pandemic” made for TV movie
Failure of Modern Technology
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Anthem by Ayn Rand
Pandemics
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Nonfiction articles, Twilight Zone episode
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Supernatural Take Over
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War of the Worlds radio broadcast
Humanities Curriculum
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New class
Year long
Mobiles
SpringBoard
College Board
 Follows AP thinking
and skills
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Lots of poetry,
articles and short
storyies
Pygmalion/My Fair
Lady
Othello
The Arrival
The Senior Project
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The portfolio
Documents on the
school website
 Deadlines throughout
the year—students
have these and will
check in with their
advisers on deadlines
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The presentation
Not intended to just
show off the portfolio
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for seniors to tell their
story
 Creative
 Where were they
freshman year, what
happened, where they
are going
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Grading
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More detailed info on the syllabus
93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
A
AB+
B
B-
77-79
73-76
70-72
67-69
60-66
C+
C
CD+
D
80/20 Grading Policy
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Move to standards-based education
80% of a student’s grade is from assessments
20% of a student’s grade is from practice/daily work
Assessments can be made up within 5 days of being returned
Daily work is not accepted late for credit (unless from an
excused absence)
Final deadline for makeup work (absent and re-done
assessments) is ten days before end of each quarter
CORE/CHOICE
Every Tuesday through Friday after second period for 25 minutes
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CORE
For students with D’s
or F’s in their classes
 Students rotate
through every 3-4
weeks after a grade
check
 Work with teacher
during CORE to
complete work
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CHOICE
For students with A’s,
B’s and C’s
 Space available in the
commons, library,
teachers’ classes
 Choice students can
also meet with
teachers during this
time
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Professional Learning
Communities (PLCs)
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Purpose is to improve student achievement
Mondays, one-hour late start district wide
Teachers meet during this time to improve
curriculum, discuss assessments, evaluate student
progress and adjust lessons accordingly
Begins in October
Check district calendar for exact dates
Auburn Library Tutoring
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The KCLS Auburn Library offers several
tutoring services (free!)
http://www.kcls.org/teens/
Contact Information
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I can be reached before school and after school.
253-804-4539 extension 4030
skeagle@auburn.wednet.edu
District website: www.auburn.wednet.edu
Want to help?
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Our classroom needs tissue and hand sanitizer
Please consider sending one of those items with
your student to school
Thank You!
I appreciate you taking the time to come
in and visit tonight! Please let me know
how I can better serve your student’s
needs.